The provincial task force formed for the recovery of dues from defaulted electricity consumers and stoppage of illegal use of electricity in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has recovered more than Rs 4 billion in a short period of 2 months and also imposed a fine of Rs 240 million on power pilferers. In light of the successful campaign, the period of load-shedding in many areas has also been reduced. After Mardan, the provincial capital Peshawar would be made a load-shedding-free model city in the next two months.
A plan has also been prepared to speed up the ongoing operation in Peshawar city. For this purpose, various teams comprising of district administration, police force and PESCO are engaged in conducting operations in illegal housing societies, residential areas inside and outside the city, important commercial centres, factories, streets and markets.
The fifth meeting of the Provincial Task Force on Power was held here on Tuesday with Additional Chief Secretary of Home & Tribal Affairs, Abid Majeed. in the chair. Besides, Divisional Commissioners, Regional Police Officers, Secretary Energy & Power Nisar Ahmad Khan and a representative officer of the Industries Department, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) PESCO Qazi Tahir also attended.
The meeting was informed that during the ongoing crackdown in different districts of the province from September 5 till now, in a short period of 2 months, the task force conducted more than 24,574 raids, where more than 36,246 mafia involved in kunda culture, including large commercial and residential consumers involved in illegal use of electricity, their connections disconnected.
